Case for The main man! oil on linen
On the case oil on linen
Saturday, 28 November 2015
More chocolate WIP from Peter Kotka :End of stage 1.
Art collectors have been stunned and amazed by Peter Kotka's artwork. But how does he do it?
Peter has agreed to let us into his studio during the working up and painting process of his latest artwork - a chocolate bar.
First we saw the initial drawing and first layers of paint being laid on; today, as he draws closer to the end of stage 1. the painting really begins to take on a life of its own.
More to follow ...
David Porteous-Butler at Rowles Fine Art
David Porteous-Butler's latest exhibition at Rowles Fine Art, Ludlow got off to a spectacular start with a packed gallery for the Preview.
Thames, Westminster oil on canvas 40cms x 60 cms
Jess Reclining oil on canvas 40cms x 50 cms
Thursday, 26 November 2015
David Porteous-Butler in Ludlow
David Porteous-Butler has up-ended his paintbrushes for 48 hours to be at Rowles Fine Art, Ludlow for the preview of an exhibition showcasing his most recent paintings. David is a prolific artist who spends almost every day in his studio in the heart of the Suffolk countryside. He paints, quite literally, hundreds of paintings in just the space of a year, so a couple of days in Shropshire will probably provide a welcome break for him.
David Porteous-Butler at Rowles Fine Art, Ludlow opens from November 27
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Monday, 23 November 2015
Anyone seen my hairbrush?
David Porteous -Butler is never really alone in his Suffolk studio. Dotted in between the piles of canvasses are a number of striking sculptures. Whether in bronze, stone or marble they are faithful to David's belief in natural and simple beauty in all things. This sylph-like figure is a testament to that - unfortunately, she has lost her hairbrush and hand mirror. David is currently sculpting new ones for her!
Angela Wakefield: New York Series
'Angela Wakefield takes us right onto the street, delivers the city agenda
and persuades us to live the metropolis'
Ian Welland
Art of England magazine
Sunday, 22 November 2015
Who said that plein air painting was over until next year?
It looks as though we may have been a little hasty in suggesting that Martyn Jones might be waiting for better weather! He's found time to spend a few hours on his favourite beach on Anglesey.
ANGELA WAKEFIELD: THE REAL THING
Angela Wakefield would find it impossible to live in a big city - she is a country girl at heart. Angela has become one of Britain's leading contemporary urban landscape artists but she still prefers to work from her studio in the Ribble Valley village of Ribchester.
Although her work has been likened to that of American realist painter Edward Hopper it remains distinctly 'Angela Wakefield' with its combination of strong light and shade and an almost phosphorescent use of colour. She takes us on a journey into the dark recesses of some of the world's biggest cities: by night skyscrapers tower overhead as we walk the neon-lit streets of downtown New York: by day we feel the sweltering heat as the late afternoon sun bleeds into the dusty pavements. In Manchester and London, one can almost smell the damp in the air and hear the sound of screeching car brakes and heavy wet tyres as they splash through the rain-soaked streets of the metropolis.
Angela Wakefield's paintings are in private collections across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and China. She has also provided the dust cover for a new novel in the U.S.
BEACH PARTY!
This painting won runner-up prize in the 'seascape' section in a Californian exhibition. Peter Kotka says, "It is the story of life, as in life there is a beginning - the waters edge - but where and when it is we do not know. We know that life will end, and the misty horizon hides this from us. The bottles point and lead us to the hazy sun (the light) and the labels on the bottles have a boat on them, which will take us on our journey."
Beach Party! Oil on canvas 24" x 32"
Saturday, 21 November 2015
HOW LUCKY CAN ONE ARTIST BE?
Ceri Pritchard is in the enviable position of having not one, but two remarkable work spaces. There's the technicolour version that we are all familiar with in Oaxaca, Mexico and a wonderful loft studio in Tenby, Pembrokeshire which once belonged to his late father the renowned artist Gwilym Prichard.
ANGELA WAKEFIELD: ART OF ENGLAND
"Angela Wakefield is a rising star of British Art... I have not seen such arrangement in art since
viewing paintings by Edward Hopper"
Ian Welland, writer and historian.
Friday, 20 November 2015
Thursday, 19 November 2015
ELIZA BROWN - SLOWING DOWN - NEVER!
Eliza Brown tells us that she's definitely back in her Cheshire studio for the foreseeable future. Seattle, Chelsea and the Welsh coastline are behind her for now. It's been a busy twelve months but 2016 is already beckoning. Her current work is showing at www.albanygallery.com www.art2by.com and www.ascotstudios.com
Eliza is now working towards theAlbany Gallery's small picture exhibition in the Spring and major Art Fair bookings, some of which are already in place as far ahead as September 2016 - not to mention a backlog of private commissions. Busy artist!
Prosecco Picnic
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
OUT OF THE CRATE
They've taken their time but at last Ceri Pritchard's 'Mexican Period' paintings are slowly emerging from the wooden packing crates. Ceri's distinctive Abstract Surrealist style is already gathering momentum in the UK.
IT'S SION MCINTYRE WEATHER ...
It's not for the faint hearted, but some creative people just love to battle the elements. Sion McIntyre is one such artist. Living on the Isle of Anglesey, in the shadow of the Snowdonian mountains, he has learned to work with all the extremes that the weather can throw at him, and what's more - he enjoys it!
photo tony starczewski
Sion is fast gaining a reputation as the Bear Grylls of the art world. He's never happier than when he's scaling a remote rock face (paints and easel on his back) to secure the best vantage point, or trekking through the snowy foothills of the Ogwen Valley in search of some long forgotten long cottage.
YES ... THOSE APPLES ARE IN A PAINTING!
Peter Kotka Bottle, Apples and Grapes! Oil on panel. 16"x20"
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